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Walls' son, Darren, who lives with mental illness, suffered an arm injury and smoke inhalation in the fire Thursday. He is expected to be released from UPMC Mercy hospital soon, according to Baldrey.

Family members were determined to search through the ashes to find any keepsakes from the home. Unexpectedly, they found pictures, a Bible, a sentimental wristwatch and the family's baseball card collection untouched and hidden in the rubble.

"I went into that little room yesterday, my sister and I, and I was just bound and determined I'm going to find something," family member Sharon Self said. "Lo and behold, you would be amazed. I found all those pictures through their lives growing up, untouched."

"That could be the only thing that gets my brother through this, because he has to rebuild his entire life," Baldrey said.

Family members, friends and member of the community are working to provide Darren Walls with necessities. They are also in the process of setting up a fund at PNC Bank to help him.

Neighbors heard the man yelling for help before firefighters arrived at the home Thursday. He had gone out an upstairs window and onto the porch roof, where he was trapped.

"I was about to go to the basketball courts, then I just saw smoke going out the window, and then a guy just broke through the window and I told my mom: 'There is someone on the roof trying to get out,'" 8-year-old Ryan Piovesan said.